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US 6,865,810 B2Granted
Methods of making medical devices
AssigneeSciMed Life Systems, Inc.
InventorJonathan S. Stinson
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Abstract
A method of making a stent includes providing a tubular member having a first layer, the first layer and the tubular member having different compositions, removing a portion of the tubular member, and removing a portion of the first layer from the tubular member.
Claims31
A method of making a stent, the method comprising:
- providing a tubular member having a first layer on the tubular member, the first layer and the tubular member having different compositions;
- removing a first portion of the tubular member;
- and
- removing a second portion of the first layer from the tubular member while maintaining a portion of the tubular member that the second portion was located on,
- wherein the tubular member and the first layer comprise metals;
- and
- wherein an entire surface portion of the first layer is removed from the tubular member.
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A method of making a stent having struts, the method comprising:
- providing a tubular member having a first layer, the first layer and the tubular member having different compositions;
- removing a portion of the tubular member to form the struts and a portion of the first layer;
- and
- removing the first layer from the tubular member to provide the stent,
- wherein the tubular member and the first layer comprise metals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.